Challenger Shuttle Mission 5: STS-41-C
5th Challenger mission 11th space shuttle mission |
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Mrs. Thomas and Mr. Thornton's classes learned about Challenger Shuttle's fifth mission.
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Mrs. Thomas' Class |
Mr. Thornton's Class |
Start of Mission: April 6, 1984 at 8:58:00 am, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
End of Mission: April 13, 1984 at 5:38:07 am, Edwards Air Force Base, California
Mission duration: 6 days, 23 hours, 40 minutes, 7 seconds
Distance traveled: 2.9 million miles
Orbits of Earth: 108
Crew Size: 5
Commander: Robert L. Crippen |
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Astronaut Bios: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/
Space walks: 2
Space walk duration: 10 hours, 6 minutes
First: 2 hours, 59 minutes
Second: 7 hours, 7 minutes
Wake Up calls:
NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the Gemini program, and first used music to wake up a flight crew during Apollo 15. Each track is specially chosen, often by the astronauts’ families, and usually has a special meaning to the individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.
Flight Day |
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Day 2 |
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Day 3 |
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Day 4 |
Unidentified |
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Day 5 |
"Theme from Rocky" |
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Day 6 |
Unidentified |
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Day 7 |
None |
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Day 8 |
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Interesting Facts:
· First repair of a satellite in space (Solar Maximum Mission satellite)
· Filmed scenes for IMAX movie “The Dream Is Alive" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brt4rfRQe6E
· Experiment: Can honeybees make honeycomb in zero gravity?
Videos:
Launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Att2kOT-kAk
Launch and Landing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdyq_KXO_Rc
Post Flight Presentation: http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle11.htm